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- Education Secretary Michael Gove faces criticism for backing compulsory GCSE resits.
- Polly Toynbee argued on 24 August that compulsory GCSE resits should be scrapped.
- A Bedford further-education college governor said board data show thousands of students repeatedly failing resits.
- The governor called compulsory resits counterproductive because most students fail again.
- Philip Wood said one-third of students failing maths and English are trapped on the resit treadmill.
